THE HEARTBREAK OF TRAVEL

HOW DO YOU SAY GOODBYE TO A CHILD?

Twenty months ago I arrived on a goat farm owned by a Dutch couple in the south west of France.

A friend and I had turned up to help do some renovations on the farm house which Chris, the father of the family had started, but perhaps did not realise how demanding his goat project was going to be.

Eleven months later saw the departure of my friend to start a career in graphic design.

At the same time my girlfriend returned to start her final year at university in...